Garment supporting attachment



Dec. 28, 1937. c. KNOL 2,103,854

GARMENT SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT Filed April 6, 1936 \nvenYov Uamnce. Wad

Y2 .EMM um m3 NET neg I Patented Dec. 28, I937 UNITEDV'STATES PATENTOFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates generally to garment supports and particularly togarment supporting attachments adapted to be used in connection withcoat hangers.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a simple, efficientand economical attachment for coat hangers which is easy to apply to acoat hanger and is simple to use, a garment being easily and quicklyhooked onto the attachment with no liability of the garment becomingunhooked from the attachment, the weight of the garment causing thegarment to be supported firmly. The attachment is made in a mosteconomical manner, being made of wire and easily bent to the propershape.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment support whichmay be attached to a coat hanger which will hold a garment, such as aladys skirt or mens trousers, in such a way that the garment will beheld in a fiat and smooth condition.

A still further object of the present invention is to produce a-garmentholding attachment for use on a wire coat hanger which will not slipendwise on the hanger during use. Slipping of the attachment endwise onthe hanger would cause the garment to droop and wrinkle which would bevery undesirable.

Another object of the invention is to provide means which prevents theattachment from raising relative to the hanger when a garment isinserted between the hook members of the attachment.

Other objects and advantages will appear during the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. l is an elevation showing an ordinary wire coat hanger suppliedwith a pair of garment holding attachments having a pair of menstrousers hooked thereon and being pendant therefrom.

Fig. 2 is a View showing the horizontal rod member of the coat hanger insection having an attachment of my invention attached thereto.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the attachment in hooked positionhaving a garment supported thereon.

Fig. 4 is a view showing a modified form of my invention.

Like reference numbers refer to like parts throughout the drawing.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the reference number I refers to a wire coathanger having the usual lower horizontal rod member 2 to which isattached a pair of garment supporting attachments 3 of my invention,these being hooked to the cuff o'fa. pair of mens trousers 4. Theattachment is also adapted to support various garments such as a ladysskirt or certain dresses required to be held in a flat condition.

The attachment proper is formed of a single piece of wire and is bent tosubstantially inverted V-shape forming the legs 5. The vertex of a V-shaped portion is formed into substantially circular form, as indicatedat 6, of the proper size to fit over the rod member 2 of the wire coathanger. This circular portion fits loosely on the rod when theattachment is not in use. Directly below this circular portion andadjacent the opening the attachment has inwardly bent portions formingthe detents I for yieldably holding the attachment down onto the rodmember. The downwardly and outwardly extending legs 5 terminate at thelower ends in the inwardly and upwardly extending hooks 8 which arepointed at their ends and are normally spaced from each other. SeeFig.2.

In use a pair of the above described attachments are placed in spacedrelationship on the lower horizontal rod portion of a wire coat hangerand a garment, which it is desired to support, is located between thehooks 8. The detents prevent any upward movement of the attachment on aslight liftingtendency caused by the upward movement of the garment.These detents, or some similar means, which would prevent the lifting ofthe attachments by slight upward urge, are quite essential as any upwardmovement of the attachment during insertion of the garment would be veryundesirable.

When the garment is in the desired position the legs 5 are pressedtoward each other thereby causing the hooks to pierce the garment and tobring the hooks in overlapping relationship. When the garment isreleased from manual support the weight of the garment holds the hooksin their overlapping and hooked relationship by means of the angularityof the hooks.

When the hooks are in their overlapping position the attachments areheld frictionally from sliding lengthwise on the rod member of thehanger as a result of the circular portion 6 of the attachment beingcontracted around the rod member. This frictional engagement of theattachment on the rod member is desirable in that the garment will beheld in a flat and nonwrinkling condition when a pair of attachments areutilized in spaced relationship along the rod to support the garment asshown in Fig. 1.

The modified form of the invention as shown in Fig. 4 has but one leg 5mterminating in a single hook member 8a. The circular portion 6asurrounds and frictionally engages the rod member 2. The upper end ofthe modified form of attachment terminates in a short finger 5b.Directly below and adjacent the circular portion 6a are formed thedetents la which yieldably prevent upward movement of the attachment.This form of attachment is utilized quite similarly to the preferredform, having but a single hook means.

From the above description it will be seen that I have inventivelycreated a device which is extremely simple to manufacture, is handy touse and one which will give satisfaction for the purposes for which itis intended.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

I claim:

1. In combination with a coat hanger having a horizontal rod member, ofa garment supporting attachment comprising, a length of wire bent tosubstantially inverted V-shape adapted to pass over and to be pendantfrom said rod, one leg of the V-shaped portion depending each side ofthe rod member, means whereby said attachment is held positively on saidrod from downward movement and held yieldably from upward andlongitudinal movement along said rod, the legs of said V-shaped portionterminating in hook portions.

2. In combination with a coat hanger having a substantially horizontalrod member, of a garment supporting attachment comprising, a resilientelongated element passing over said rod member, said element dependingfrom both sides of said rod member, said depending portions being spacedfrom each other at all points and having inwardly extending hook memberslocated in substantially the same plane, said hook members springingnormally to maximum spaced rela-- tionship, said hooks yieldably movingtoward one another to overlapping relationship when in hooked positionto support a garment thereon, means for yieldably preventing upwardmovement of said attachment from said rod member at all times, meansallowing sliding movement of said I attachment on said rod when saidhooks are in spaced relationship and means for frictionally V preventingmovement of said attachment along said rod member when said hooks are inhooked and overlapping position. 7 g V CLARENCE KNOL.

